OPINION: Drought Or Not, Water Conservation Must Remain The Norm

After five years of drought, California is in the midst of one of the wettest years on record. The Sacramento River is swollen, the Yolo Bypass looks like a lake, Sierra snowpack is accumulating and large reservoirs are filling. And as inevitably happens when rain falls, local water agencies, San Diego’s among them, are calling on the state to lift restrictions on water use. But the rainy season doesn’t end until April. Whether it keeps raining or not, April would be soon enough to make a declaration one way or another.